Mike Black Quotations

We were trying to maintain where we were at (down by 10), but when you can't score it makes it really hard. Chesterton started playing better on offense, and we played worse.

My first role was a tree at the Fox Theatre in Aurora in the Wizard of Oz .

Police services all over the state are being reduced.

I was pleased with the way we played offensively, especially in the second half. We did a better job of sharing the ball. We made passes to the open man.

If the state really was interested in stopping underage drinking, they would have some type of class where they would give them a stack of IDs and tell them to figure out which one is real and which one is not.

We talked at halftime that we weren't attacking the basket enough. They were playing out on (Michael) Brown, which means we had lanes to attack. We just had to get to the baseline or get the ball reversal to the basket. All our kids like to pound the glass. When we missed, we went and go it again.

John has been one of our leaders this year. He stays steady from a 38 to a 40 all year. Our number two is Drew Waldrop, who is averaging a 39 or 40. He is just joining us back from the baseball team.

We couldn't stop (Hatches) in their half-court set. We were forced to go into a zone.

We're kind of moving at a snail's pace.

We've worked hard all these years. We did everything we were asked to do. But the one thing we don't have control over is the sale of the product.

We're young. We want to be competitive, and try to improve with every match. I think that if the kids can shoot in the mid to high 80s, we should be OK.

We didn't finish very well and there were a lot of times that I thought we didn't make the best decisions. But credit Munster with that, we'd make a mistake and they'd make us pay.

When we play together, maybe our kids don't realize what we can be.

There is no hope of accurately predicting the intensity change of a hurricane without accurately being able to predict and forecast the conditions in the upper ocean.

We have to do a better job of closing out a game. Our inability to hit free throws in the late stages almost allowed them (Averill Park) to slip back in.

This win absolutely shows how far we've come. We learned a lot from that loss (against Shaker). In the beginning of the season we didn't understand what to do in critical situations. The difference is that we do now.

We did a better job of knocking down our shots in the second half.

They told everyone to be excited . . . now do it again . . . now do it again. By take 45, nothing will ever excite you again.

They ran the floor really well, they've obviously got some really good players that are athletic and smart.

This league has so much parity, that the outcome of most games usually comes down to the last two or three possessions.

They're a good transition team. Our kids backed off because I don't think they wanted to foul and (Latimer) made a good play.

It just didn't ever feel like we were able to make it competitive. But without Brown and his 14 points, it was tough out there for us.

It was pretty hard to convince the kids that we had a chance.

You can't get down 22-8 to a team like Highland and expect to be competitive. We just came out too emotional on Senior Night and (Highland) just picked us apart.